Water level maintaining device for vases



Jamw 26, 1932.

c. E. REYNOLDS WATER LEVEL MAINTAINING DEVICE FOR VASES Filed May 23, 1930 ENVENTOR C. ERgynoicLs Patented Jan. 26, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES E. REYNOLDS, OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA WATER LEVEL MAINTAINING DEVICE FOR VASES Application filed May 23, 1930. Serial No. 454,943;

This invention relates to device for re- Fig. 3 is a cross section of the device taken plenishing the supply of water to cut flowers a short distance below the water container. in vases and containers of various kinds such Referring now more particularly to the as are used for supporting flowers in florist characters of reference on the drawings, the shops, cemeteries, in front of the crypts 111 device comprises a water receptacle 1, pro- 55 inausoleuins, and in :tact any places where vlded with a top filllng opening normally cut flowers are kept or displayed to View. Covered by an air-tight cap 2. This re ep- These vases or containers are always filled tacle 1s preferably made oi'lornamental form when the flowers are initially placed therein, and coloring, either in imitation of a flower, a but this initial filling is soon depleted by abbird, or other feature of nature so that it will sorption by the flowers, and if no more water harmonize with most flowers and be inconis supplied the flowers of course soon wither. sp uous when surrounded by flowers in a The principal object oi? my invention is to bouquet as shown in Flg. 1. provide a device adapted to be mounted in A tube 3 depends from the bottom of the the container or vase in connection with the r ptacle and a rod 4 is slidable in and deflowers therein by means of which a fresh pends from this tube. The rod is adapted to supply of water will be discharged into the rest on the bottom of a vase or flowerconcontainer when the water drops to a predetamer 5 and has an ad]ustable collar 6 mountterniined level so that the water will be mained thereon against which the bottom of the tained at such level and will not then drop who ars- In this way the distance from below the same or to a point where the stalks the bottom of the container to the bottom f would not reach the water and would become t wh (Which is the level at which the water dry. 1Ssues) n ay be varied according to the level at A further object is to construct a device so Whl h it is desired that the water shall be supthat it may be easily adjusted to discharge p ed he OI ltalIler. In order to perm t the 75 water at different levels as the length of the Water to flow from the tubewhile maintaining stalks and gther conditions may demand, the 1:061 Wl'hl'l a fairly C1088 lit in the tube, said The water containing reservoir of the device l 1S g d down one side as shown at 7. is made so as to be inconspicuous so that while ThlS groove x en i g past the collar, preh t d above th t f th vase it 111 t vents the collar choking or preventing the flow 80 spoil the appearance of the bouquet in which by engagement with the tube. The same re- 15 i di d sult may of course be obtalned by making the it further object of the invention is to pror d wi h a r la iv ly loose fit 1n the tube. duce a simple and inexpensive device and yet h tube 1 o fll l n length so hat it Wlll one which will be exceedingly effective for P PJ some (hstahce lhove t p 1 the 911- the purpose for which i i i d ta1ner 5, and intermediate its ends it carries lhese objects I accomplish by means of an dl l Collar 8 h Whlch a 9 such structure and relative arrangement of gii g g g g $223 1:2i ii iilglfig fi g gg 1 i i n b c 231ml of the to centralize thedevice and holdthe same in 90 In the dra-wings similar characters of refan upr-lght- Posltlon i q- AL 1? same time it does not interlere with the stalks erence indicate correspondlng parts in the ofthe flowers which ofcourse depend past several views:

l the spider. 45 Fig. 1 1s a sectional elevation of a flower The principle on which the device Operates 95 Container Showmg y Water refiner devlce is that water will not flow from an air-tight mounted therein in connection with a receptacle unless i i d itt d th t bouquet. which in the present case will only occur when Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device fo the level of water in the container drops to shortened and partly in section. the bottom of the tube, thus exposing the same m0 and permitting air to pass up into the receprod and collar are arranged so as not to intertacle.

This will of course allow water to be fere with the flow of water from the tube into discharged from the tube until the level of the container.

the water in the container is raised to again cover the bottom of the tube, thus again shutting off the flow of air and water.

Owing to the necessary small size of the tube and the partial clogging of the same by the rod 4, it may be necessary to mount an additional air tube 10 alongside the water tube, which air tube terminates at its lower end on substantially the same level as the water tube, but extends upwardly into the receptacle toward the top of the same, as shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description it willbe readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

f While this specification sets forth in detail a I the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention,

as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1'. A device for maintaining a constant water-level in a flower container comprising an air-tight water receptacle, a water outlet tube depending from said receptacle and adapted to depend into a container, and means on the device projecting belowthe tube to support the device from the bottom ofthe container so that the bottom of the tube is disposed a predetermined distance above thebottom of the container. 7

2. A device as in claim 1, with means mounted on the device and separate from the container for centralizing and maintaining thesame in an upright position in the'container.

3.A device as in claim 1, with a spider mounted on the tube and including radiating arms to engage the sides of the container.

4. A device for maintaining a constant water-level in a flower container comprising an air-tight water receptacle, a water outlet tube depending from said receptacle and adapted it to depend into a container, a rod slidably mounted in and depending from the tube to engage the bottom of the container, and means between the rod and tube for maintaining the two in any predetermined positions relative to each other. 7

5. A device for maintaining a constant water-level in a flower container comprising an airstight water receptacle, a water outlet tube depending from said receptacle and adapted to depend into a container, a. rod slidably mounted in and depending from the tube to engage the bottom of the container, and an I adjustable collar on the rod below the tube to beiengaged by the bottom of the tube.

6. A structure as, in claim 5, in which the In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES E. REYNOLDS. 

